Symbolic or not-so-symbolic wounds: the behavioral ecology of human scarification

Scarification will be positively associated with polygyny (159).

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Kruskal-Wallis	Supported	p<.06 for males and <.03 for females	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Polygyny	Independent	Polygamy
Scarification	Dependent	Body Alterations

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Ludvico, Lisa Rose	1995	Scarification will be negatively associated with genital mutilation (157).	Partially supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Ludvico, Lisa Rose	1995	Male scarification will be positively associated with the presence of wound-opportunistic pathogens (161).	Partially supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Ludvico, Lisa Rose	1995	Scarification will be positively associated with hardening procedures, which will be positively associated with pathogen stress (158).	Partially supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Singh, Devendra	1997	"As pathogen severity increases, so should permanenent marking of body areas that are attended to for evaluating attractiveness and mate quality" (403).	Partially supported	6	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Wilson, Christopher G.	2008	Scarification will be associated with external warfare (154)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author